PERRANUTHNOE is a small village on the South Coast of Cornwall, just East of Marazion, there is a Car Park and sloping access to a safe sandy beach and the beachside Cabin Cafe. It has The Victoria Inn a superb multi award winning pub, which serves super food both lunchtimes & evenings, - a Church dating back as far as 1160. The Lynfield Centre which houses The Cowhouse Gallery, The Peppercorn Cafe and a hairdressers.

Thursday, 2 May 2013

A distant shot of the Screw Schooner Amazon coming down the bay this morning
"The British screw schooner Amazon was built at Southampton in 1885 from designs by the renowned Dixon Kemp. Kemp intended her to be fast and a good seaboat.
Arthur Lowe (1915 — 1982) an English actor best known for playing Captain George Mainwaring in the popular British sitcom Dad's Army bought "Amazon" as a houseboat in 1968, but realized her potential and took her back to sea in 1971. He used Amazon as a floating base while touring coastal theatres, accompanied by his wife Joan. Amazon pursued a successful charter business in the 1980s, before migrating to the north of Scotland in 1990.
She is now registered in Guernsey"
Posted by Perranlady at 23:37

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous3 May 2013 at 06:33

    She spent the winter in Bristol, looked gorgeous sailing past the office window on Wesnesday afternoon. Se made good time to you!

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    1. Perranlady3 May 2013 at 09:06

      She's just gone out past us to head round The Lizard, after spending the night off The Mount - I remembered that she had Wintered in Bristol. Such a distinctive shape and always so bright white ! Great to see more action out in Mount's Bay !

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